Minny Blue

A Strawberry...

2012-02-04T11:36:00.000-05:00

MAYBE YOU REMEMBER the story of the woman running from tigers. At the edge of a cliff she spots some vines, grabs them and climbs down. But looking down she sees that there are tigers down below too. Even worse, she notices that a mouse is gnawing the vine she is grasping.

But she also spots the most beautiful bunch of wild strawberries growing close by. She looks up, she looks down. She glances at the mouse. She then pulls a luscious bright red berry off the bunch, pops it into her mouth, enjoys it like no other.

Tigers above, tigers below, life is what it is. Every precious moment, every strawberry is worth the effort.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR...2012

2011-12-31T09:01:00.000-05:00

IT IS INTERESTING to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

Washington Irving

Don't forget to laugh...HAPPY NEW YEAR/ 2012!

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HOPE ENOUGH...

2011-12-09T07:41:00.000-05:00

Dorothy's Slippers

AS GOETHE said:
" Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future".

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OPEN...

2011-11-09T07:23:00.000-05:00

BODHICITTA...Heart and mind completely open.

"Everyone loves something, even if it's only tortillas".

Trungpa Rinpoche

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Within

2011-11-03T09:15:00.001-04:00

WHAT LIES BEHIND US and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Essential...

2011-07-27T07:19:00.000-04:00

...." I FIND THAT it's essential during the day to actually note when I feel happiness or when something positive happens, and to begin to cherish those moments as precious....."

Pema Chodron

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Simple as Apples....

2011-01-30T08:49:00.000-05:00

Karma is as simple as apples.

KARMA is not something complicated or philosophical. Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind. Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practise of karma.

Lama Thubten Yeshe

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Lives Like Ours...

2011-01-09T16:03:00.000-05:00

YESTERDAY an irrational current ran through our land once more. A massacre occurred in Tucson, Arizona, and lives like yours and mine came to an end instantly because a madman confused individual freedom with a call to arms.

We relive this mass horror too frequently. Those of us who embrace love and fairness, are astonished again by the random power of evil. Why is there surprise when sick minds are stirred to commit terrible acts? Maybe we should pull back from hateful and angry rhetoric that goads the irrational to take murderous steps.

God bless and heal the wounded, heal our pain and weakness, and take the departed into heaven.

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Life Itself/ 2011

2010-12-30T17:09:00.000-05:00

LIFE HAS a role for everyone....may you play the best one in 2011.......

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Greetings...

2010-12-24T09:13:00.000-05:00

...TIDINGS of comfort and joy!!

It's good to wish everyone a Happy Holiday...Once a year, at the very least, we can give and receive with a full heart!!

Beautiful truths pass this way.

Merry Christmas...Happy New Year....

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Cave of the Body....

2010-11-30T08:04:00.000-05:00

THE ONE WHO IS VERY ATTACHED to the cave of the body, that one finds detachment very difficult. Those who constantly crave for pleasure are hard to liberate and certainly cannot be liberated by others, only by themselves. Sometimes it is only death that brings a realization of endings, and then the sensual person, deeply immersed in the body, will shout: "What will happen to me after death?"

The way toward liberation is to train yourself to live in the present without any wanting to become anything. Give up becoming this or that, live without cravings, and experience this present moment with full attention. Then you will not cringe at death nor seek for repeated birth.

Sutta Nipata

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Boundless...

2010-11-15T19:56:00.000-05:00

HOW BOUNDLESS AND FREE IS THE SKY OF AWARENESS! How bright the full moon of wisdom! Truly, is anything missing now? Nirvana is right here, before our eyes; this very place is the Lotus Land; this very body, the Buddha.

Hakuin Zenji,
"Song of Zazen".

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May I...?

2010-10-05T07:22:00.000-04:00

WHEREVER I AM born, may I have wisdom and strength. May I rise above all ignorance.

You only need two tools in life...WD-40, and Duct Tape. If it doesn'r move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the Duct Tape.

Life is very serious. Life is very funny. One at a time? Both at the same time? Sure!!

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Deeds...

2010-09-17T07:06:00.000-04:00

THE ONE who does an evil deed carries within themselves the charred remains forever, coloring the whole world an ashen color.

Based on the Dhammapada

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LEAVING....

2010-08-29T07:31:00.000-04:00

Going along in company together, a wise man must mix with other foolish persons. But on seeing what is hurtful, he abandons them...as a full fledged heron leaves the marshy ground.

UDANA

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Chant...

2010-07-19T09:06:00.000-04:00

CHANT FOR INNER STRENGTH

I call the light of golden rays
I seek protection thus,
I pray for heavenly forces at my side
angels, sages, spirit guides or wolves
who walk with cunning skill.

Come to my aid!
Come at my will!
Blackbird soaring light my path
so I am victim to no one's wrath!
And when my journey knows success,
all those who aid me Goddess bless!

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Today...

2010-07-10T07:35:00.000-04:00

LOOK AT SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TODAY and know that you have had that. Imagine owning beauty...we all do!!

Everything is a way to learning, from depression to joy. Embrace the idea that it's all happening perfectly. If you don't know why, maybe the bigger picture will reveal itself...maybe not. The answer within us needs a lot of work to be revealed. But perhaps at times it's just a bit of Grace.

Tell yourself that whatever happens in your life, you can handle it. Yes, tell yourself that..even if it's over and over.

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Good Karma...

2010-06-16T08:33:00.003-04:00

Karma is not something complicated or philosophical. Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind. Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practise of karma.

Lama Thubten Yeshe

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Like Water...

2010-05-30T10:50:00.000-04:00

DEVELOP A MEDITATION THAT IS LIKE WATER. Doing this, you will find that the thoughts and impressions that possess you will flow away.
Just as people wash away their body liquids, their sweat and spittle, pus and blood. And yet the water is not troubled or disgusted.
So this water meditation will bring you peace.

Majihima Nikaya

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The Greatest...

2010-05-23T13:17:00.000-04:00

black elk

The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.

The greatest achievement is selflessness.

Atisha

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Ours...

2010-04-29T09:48:00.000-04:00

IT IS OUR EARTH, NOT YOURS OR MINE, or his. We are meant to live on it, helping each other, not destroying each other.

J. Krishnamurti

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Desire...

2010-04-27T08:56:00.000-04:00

ONE OF THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS:

If desire can be removed, then suffering and stress will be ended.

One of the ways to remove desire is through Right Mindfulness.

BUDDHA

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Just Dreaming...

2010-04-02T08:44:00.000-04:00

THANK GOD men cannot yet fly and lay waste to the sky as well as the earth!

Henry David Thoreau / 1817-1862 / US Transcendentalist Author

WE ARE such stuff as dreams are made on.

William Shakespeare

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Easy Harmony...

2010-03-25T10:29:00.000-04:00

ALWAYS AIM at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Mahatma Gandhi

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The Third Step...

2010-03-22T08:34:00.000-04:00

THE THIRD STEP of the Eightfold Path is Right Speech, meaning to abstain from all lying, falsehoods, abusive and frivolous speech.

I think the frivolous speech part applies to me. In my opinion, I ought to curb my over-the-top enthusiasm. Being an Aries, with my birthday today, the second day of Spring, makes this tough! Still, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me!

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Arrows...

2010-03-19T08:30:00.000-04:00

IN ORDER to be effective, truth must penetrate like an arrow...and that is likely to hurt.

Wei Wu Wei

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Ourselves...

2010-02-28T08:42:00.000-05:00

REALITY is all encompassing :

Although we may feel separate from our original reality, whether we call it God, peak experience, enlightened mind... through awareness we can contact this essential part of ourselves.

Adapted from Tarthang Tulku

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, in heaven...Dad...

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Valentine!

2010-02-13T19:06:00.000-05:00

be happiness itself....

BUDDHA

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Moments...

2010-02-09T08:40:00.000-05:00

THE SECRET OF HEALTH for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past,
worry about the future,
or anticipate troubles,
but to live in the present moment,
wisely and earnestly.
x
BUDDHA

Kaleidoscope

2010-02-07T12:03:00.007-05:00

FIRST DIRECT YOURSELF IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO. Only then should you instruct others.......BUDDHAxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF TODAY. You're tempted because no one else is able to live up to your expectations. Your imagination may be a kaleidoscope, much more imposing than what you see around you. Is that the true way? Which is you? Which is just the changing kaleidoscope?xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://twitter.com/lynxny

Oh Ohm...

2010-01-30T14:23:00.004-05:00

GOOD-BYE JANUARY!! You chilled me to the bone!! x x I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anais Nin xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/lynxny

Crossing the River..

2010-01-28T11:38:00.004-05:00

AS A RAFT is of no further use after the river is crossed, it should be discarded. So, arbitrary conceptions of things and about things should be wholly given up as one attains enlightenment. x BUDDHA

The Way

2010-01-17T07:49:00.006-05:00

THE WAY IS NOT in the sky.xThe way is in the heart.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxBUDDHAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://twitter.com/lynxny

Staying Awake...

2010-01-07T14:43:00.005-05:00

WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE that we carry our spirituality with us at all times. Not just when we have a pang of need, or when difficulties arise. Because just when we're overloaded with the prosaic, that's the time to awaken what is not only near you, in you, but is the actual, real you. Your spirit, your soul.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Maintain the spiritual structure of your world. Overcome the ego, the foolishness of being self-centered. Our spirituality is unconditional. But most of the time we smother it when our emotions attack us, when our faith drops away. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Open your consciousness to the sacred. Take comfort in having a continuous experience of enlightenment. x http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/ x

At Play...

2010-01-04T08:37:00.011-05:00

Children are all foreigners.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRalph Waldo Emerson xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x xxxxx x x x http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/ http://twitter.com/lynxny

Good Will..2010

2009-12-28T11:07:00.003-05:00

HOWEVER MANY HOLY WORDS YOU READ, however many you speak, what good will they do if you do not act upon them?

BUDDHA

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Merry Christmas

2009-12-24T17:37:00.004-05:00

William Bouguereauxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x CHRISTMAS/ 2009xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x Peace in your heart/ Peace in the world....xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/ http://twitter.com/lynxny

Heads or Tails...

2009-11-29T13:15:00.003-05:00

ALBERT EINSTEIN: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/

Thanksgiving...

2009-11-25T06:00:00.001-05:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ! x God be in my head, and in my understanding,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx God be in my eyes and in my looking,x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx God be in my mouth, and in my speaking, x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx God be in my heart, and in my thinking,xx xx God be in my end, and at my departing. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sarum Primer, 16th Century x http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/

Thinking

2009-11-14T08:09:00.003-05:00

WE ARE WHAT WE THINK. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Budddhax

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Theory...

2009-11-06T11:20:00.005-05:00

ALBERT EINSTEIN : x The theory says a lot, but it does not bring us any closer to the secret of the Old One. I, at any rate, am convinced that he doesn't throw dice. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that is old enough to know better.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xAnonymousxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/

Gift

2009-10-30T20:40:00.002-04:00

HEALTH IS the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Buddha

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Question...

2009-10-28T08:04:00.006-04:00

from: TWO GHOSTS/poems xx THE NEXT PLACE xxx Was this the next place for me? x To be delivered by the redeemer, x kneel in a pew on a velvet cushion, x lean my head forward, and come to rest on wood, dare to talk to God x in another way? xx Take a wafer on my tongue x to chew or melt, I know not which, x and then become intoxicated by the holy wine? xx x TWO GHOSTS/ poems xx http://www.amazon.com/ xx http://www.ellerochelle.blogspot.com/ x

Single Candle..

2009-10-25T07:48:00.006-04:00

THOUSANDS OF CANDLES can be lit

from a single candle, and the life of the candle

will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases

by being shared.

BUDDHA

Two Ghosts

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Love in Bloom

2009-10-20T11:02:00.004-04:00

Apollo in Love with Daphne, 1664/ Nicolas Poussin x xxxxxPERHAPS the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. x Anton Chekhov

Awakening

2009-10-18T08:32:00.002-04:00

ALL WRONGDOING ARISES because of mind. If mind is transformed, can wrongdoing remain? x BUDDHA

Perspective.

2009-09-04T15:25:00.003-04:00

WHEREVER YOU GO FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,

you're always in the middle of the universe and the circle is always around you. Everyone who walks up to you has entered that sacred space, and it's not an accident. Whatever comes into that space is there to teach you.

from......Awakening Loving-Kindness/ Pema Chodron

Grace

2009-07-31T07:45:00.004-04:00

HE WHO FINDS A THOUGHT that enables him to obtain a slightly deeper glimpse into the eternal secrets of nature has been given great grace. x x Albert Einstein

The Stream

2009-07-18T09:22:00.004-04:00

A MYRIAD OF BUBBLES WERE FLOATING ON THE SURFACE

of a stream.

"What are you?" I cried to them as they drifted by.

"I am a bubble, of course", a myriad of bubbles

answered, and there was surprise and indignation

in their voices as they passed by.

But here and there, a lonely bubble answered,

"We are this stream", and there was neither surprise

or indignation in their voices, but just a quiet certitude.

Wei Wu Wei/ from " Ask the Awakened".

Rest in peace, Mom. July 18, 2008

Reat in peace, C. July 19, 2008

Freedom!

2009-07-04T07:23:00.004-04:00

Paraphrasing Wei Wu Wei : x LET US LIVE GLADLY. We are free to do it. Maybe it is our only freedom, but it is ours and it is a freedom. Can you do it now? Can you not do it? In fact, it is not a "doing", it is being who we are. All else is bondage; it is living by other's way. x July 4th, 2009

The Road

2009-06-28T10:26:00.003-04:00

"ENLIGHTENMENT, FOR A WAVE,

is the moment the wave realizes it is water."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"THERE ARE TWO MISTAKES

one can make along the road to

the truth..not going all the way,

and not starting.

Buddha

A Pearl

2009-06-25T06:43:00.003-04:00

"A PEARL IS A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT IS PRODUCED BY AN INJURED LIFE. It is the tear that results from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl." x Stephan Hoeller

I Ching

2009-06-12T07:41:00.015-04:00

PI/ HOLDING TOGETHER/ Union

x x x xxxxxxxxxx What is required is that we unite with others, in order that all may compliment and aid one another through holding together. What is required is greatness of spirit, consistency, and strength. x

xx x x x Relationships are formed and established according to definite inner laws. Common experiences strengthen these ties, and those who come too late to share in these basic experiences must suffer for it if, as a straggler, one finds the door locked. x

x x Human society holds together through a community of interests that allow each individual to feel a member of the whole. x

If we cultivate within the purity and strength that are necessary to be at the center of a fellowship, those who are meant for one come of their own accord. x

x x From the Eighth Hexagram x xx

Proof

2009-05-21T08:40:00.002-04:00

xxx YOU ARE PLACED ON THE PLANET with everything you need already inside you.

You can't be upset unless you allow it.

You can't be controlled unless you allow it.

This puts you in a unique position.

You are a creator.

You can create discord or harmony,

despair or happiness,

depression or joy,

lack or productiveness.

Spirituality is not science, not a

technology, does not have to "prove"

anything. Spirituality cannot provide

technical answers. It is like dancing,

swirling around the floor, improvising

a ballet to Mozart, while singing a

Shakespeare Sonnet.

Spirituality is the music of truth.

Prove it.

Psalm

2009-05-15T08:56:00.003-04:00

PSALM 0f PROTECTION

HaShem is my light and my salvation,

whom shall I fear? HaShem is the stronghold

of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

When evil-doers came upon me to eat my

flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes,

they stumbled and fell.

Though a host shall encamp against me, my

heart shall not fear, though war should rise

up against me, even then will I be confident.

Psalms 27. 1-3

To Mom...

2009-05-10T18:33:00.010-04:00

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MOM.xx IT'S A WONDER TO ME THAT IT FINALLY CAME TO PASS

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Not yet a year gone, asleep beneath blossoms, your high clear song joined to the breeze, rustling verdant leaves. x Did you know, I bet you did, that I would call to you every day, my sentences would end with the phrase, "Well, what do you think Mom"? Or just, "Did you see that, Mom"? x I never cry because you are here by my side. Even more than when the rain tapped on your green umbrella as we huddled and skipped over puddles. Did you know that would be so? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I think you did. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx c copyright all rights reserved

Reflections

2009-05-02T11:47:00.003-04:00

CEASE TO BE YOUR OWN PUNISHMENT!

Spiritual unfoldment is really an increasing

awareness of what you can do without.

WE ARE NOT BEATEN IF WE CAN CREATE!

I 've got a million of them!!!!! Usually jotted down

on scraps of paper, looking like shopping lists. But

then, I am in the market for enlightenment!

Metta Prayer

2009-04-23T08:25:00.013-04:00

ACCORDING TO LAMA DAS, YOU WILL "Sleep easily, wake easily, have pleasant dreams, people will love you, celestial beings will love you and protect you.....you will die unconfused, and be reborn in the happy realms." With the help of: x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxMETTA PRAYER Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx May all beings be peaceful. May all beings be happy. May all beings be safe. May all beings awaken to the light of their true nature. May all beings be free. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Buddha said, recite and meditate on this.

Nirvana

2009-04-19T11:41:00.006-04:00

MAHATMA GANDHI : x x Nirvana is the utter extinction of all that is base in us, all that is vicious in us. Nirvana is not like the black, dead peace of the grave, but the living peace, the living happiness of a soul which is conscious of itself and conscious of having found its own abode in the heart of the Eternal. x x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." xxxxxxxxxxxxStephen R. Covey

There Was A Child

2009-04-17T07:59:00.011-04:00

xCfrom: Leaves of Grass (1891) x x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x THERE WAS A CHILD WENT FORTH By Walt Whitman xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There was a child went forth each day; And the first object he looked upon, that object he became; And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe-bird, And the Third-month lambs, and the sow's pink-faint litter, and the mare's foal, and the cow's calf, And the noisy brood of the barnyard.......... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x ..................His own parents, He that father'd him, and she that had conceiv'd him in her womb, and birth'd him, They gave this child more of themselves than that; They gave him afterward every day.......

Minny

2009-04-08T06:55:00.022-04:00

MINNY BLUE AND LINNY AND LYNxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Minny was my Russian grandmother. I was named after her in the way that immigrant families name their children. You take the first initial of Minny/Menya.xThen decide that's too old fashioned, so you change it into Linny/Lyn. Somehow a name emerges that sort of connects up.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Minny came from Roshkov, Ukraine/Russia. She was my father's mother, married my grandfather, the happy-go- lucky fellow who joined the Czars army, deserted it, came to AMERICA, left Minny with four sons under the age of ten. My father, at the age of ten, became the little man of the family when his mother Minny died at the age of thirty-two. Legend says it was of a broken heart. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx My father came to New York when he was twelve and when he saw The Statue of Liberty he thought she was his mother. For all of his ninety-five years he loved and respected America, because he felt that his mother stood guard over the Harbor. Before he died, he gave me a large white linen table cloth that Minny had embroidered in 1909. Exactly one hundred years ago. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Minny Blue. Blue, why? Well, the stitches on the white cloth were blue, her name in Russian, and the date, 1909. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Minny. Linny. Lyn. x xx xx Cherish your gifts... let the light within you shine forever. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Spiritual Warriors

2009-04-06T09:40:00.009-04:00

SPIRITUAL WARRIORS find what they are looking for by doing. xxxxxx We possess the essence of what we are looking for within ourselves. xxxxx Your Spirit comes alive through your emotions, body, and intellect. xxxxx Meditation is part of doing. When you see your true essence, you can share it with others.

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You must be the change you want to see in the world. xxxxxxxxxxx Mahatma Gandhi

Greetings #1

2009-04-05T14:26:00.009-04:00

OOPS! YOU FOUND ME!

I WAS TRYING VERY HARD

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to establish a new Blog, one in

which I would be another me!

But technology has confounded

me once more, and when all is

said and done, this blog surprised

me by installing my very own profile

from my other Blog. Don't laugh.

You knew it all along, I didn't.

Therefore, there's nowhere to hide.

Anything I write here has to be

true in the context of TWO GHOSTS.

I didn't plan to lie, just to veer off a bit.

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A dichotomy runs through me.

I am, like all of you, split into

various selves. This blog is intended

to move forward as a reflection of the

spiritual me. That's what I want it to be.

I'll try very hard to keep it so.

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I've been involved for a long time as

a spiritual adviser, a Reiki healer,

a student of mysticism and Eastern

philosophy. I teach meditation and

even read cards. I'm attracted to

people who toss salt over their

shoulder. I myself have never

met a ghost I didn't like.

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So what's this going to be like?

Well, I'll come up with prayers

from time to time and I favor

snippets of soulfull sayings that

I come across. I'll just add them

in. I hope that I will offend

no one. I can honestly say,

there's hardly a religion that I

haven't converted to. Everything

is a stepping stone to enlightenment.

I love Buddha, Jesus, all those

who've received arrows, been

martyred. All those who keep going

in love, in kindness.

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Buddha said: We exist as an

eternal reality and "life" is

part of our place in time.

I will send you blessings.

Over and over again.

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And the picture of the mannequin?

It's that dichotomy thing.

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